Google Nexus 5 by LG Users Thread!

[kyle_4thousand]

What do basebands have to do with connecting to LTE? And I'm M8974A-1.0.25.0.23 for my baseband version. Sooo what does that tell me exactly? Lol

[SpenceSouth]

What do basebands have to do with connecting to LTE? And I'm M8974A-1.0.25.0.23 for my baseband version. Sooo what does that tell me exactly? Lol

The .17 baseband can hold a fringe signal much better than the .23 baseband. Basically if you flash the older baseband you are going to get better LTE coverage.

 

Don't ask why .23 is worse because we don't really know why. It's suspected that changes on the AT&T/T-Mobile side of things adversely affected .23's performance on Sprint.

 

Not to say that .23 isn't good, because it is. However the .17 baseband is amazing.

 

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[cdk]

The .17 baseband can hold a fringe signal much better than the .23 baseband. Basically if you flash the older baseband you are going to get better LTE coverage. Don't ask why .23 is worse because we don't really know why. It's suspected that changes on the AT&T/T-Mobile side of things adversely affected .23's performance on Sprint. Not to say that .23 isn't good, because it is. However the .17 baseband is amazing. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

 

In some people's experience. .23 holds a signal just as well as .17 did on my Nexus 5.

[afazel]

I think the .23 baseband lets go of a fringe LTE signal in order to drop back to EVDO/1X to more reliably receive phone calls. I know mine will hold onto a -123dBm signal and I'll get lots of voicemails without the phone ever having rung.

[AcctDeleted_jerthorne]

I'm not sure if any other nexus 5 users have experienced this but often my phone goes from LTE to global. Even with LTE available. Sometimes after I update the roaming and prl.

[Student]

I think the .23 baseband lets go of a fringe LTE signal in order to drop back to EVDO/1X to more reliably receive phone calls. I know mine will hold onto a -123dBm signal and I'll get lots of voicemails without the phone ever having rung.

Flashed .15 and it grabs the LTE tower far away from me with a signal of -120dbm.  .23 occasionally connects to it, but mostly sits on the 3g only tower 1 mile from me

[Destroyallcubes]

Flashed .15 and it grabs the LTE tower far away from me with a signal of -120dbm.  .23 occasionally connects to it, but mostly sits on the 3g only tower 1 mile from me

.15 is what I am on, and I sometimes am getting LTE at my house, where on .17/.23 I couldn't get it, or if I did it was unusable. I also find it works pretty well with 1x/evdo

[swintec]

.15 is what I am on, and I sometimes am getting LTE at my house, where on .17/.23 I couldn't get it, or if I did it was unusable. I also find it works pretty well with 1x/evdo

 

hhhmm dont think i have seen the .15 version.  I thought .17 and .23 were the only ones.  can you point me in the direction of this version?

[Student]

So is it better to use 17 and hold lte signal of - 112 or use 23 which sits on the 3g only tower right next to me?

 

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[TheForce627]

So is it better to use 17 and hold lte signal of - 112 or use 23 which sits on the 3g only tower right next to me? Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

I guess it would be you personal preference. -112dbm isn't that bad. I'd rather be on that than 3g since texts often are delayed over 1x but come in on time on LTE. That's just me though

[Destroyallcubes]

hhhmm dont think i have seen the .15 version.  I thought .17 and .23 were the only ones.  can you point me in the direction of this version?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514095

 

.15 is a pre-release baseband I think

[Student]

Really I didn't know texts are delayed over 1x!wow!

Nexus 5 reception is incredible, my gs3 could barely see lte at my place and this phone it's usable

 

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[TheForce627]

Really I didn't know texts are delayed over 1x!wow!

Nexus 5 reception is incredible, my gs3 could barely see lte at my place and this phone it's usable

 

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it's not every text that gets delayed. It's just some and I can't figure out why sprint can't get that together.

[swintec]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514095

 

.15 is a pre-release baseband I think

 

how come no one uses the .13 or .12 versions then?  .15 turned out better?

[TheForce627]

Any battery drain issues with .15? Just wondering before I move to it

[Destroyallcubes]

how come no one uses the .13 or .12 versions then?  .15 turned out better?

I have tried out .13, and it was more like .23 in my opinion.

 

 

Any battery drain issues with .15? Just wondering before I move to it

I haven't seen any issues yet with battery. 

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cxw23gai3osa19j/Screenshot_2014-02-09-22-13-47.png

[TheForce627]

Well I'm on .15 and my phone wants to stay on my closest lte site despite an ecsfb issue. No calls or texts unless I'm on cdma only

[Destroyallcubes]

Well I'm on .15 and my phone wants to stay on my closest lte site despite an ecsfb issue. No calls or texts unless I'm on cdma only

Did you get LTE from the site before .15?

[TheForce627]

Did you get LTE from the site before .15?

only if I was in lte only mode. There's an ecsfb issue at the site. Now it wants to connect but it's ignoring the fact that there's no ecsfb there.

[Destroyallcubes]

only if I was in lte only mode. There's an ecsfb issue at the site. Now it wants to connect but it's ignoring the fact that there's no ecsfb there.

Try sending your number a text, and see if it sends.

[TheForce627]

Try sending your number a text, and see if it sends.

nope. Any outbound calls gets a no mobile service error

[Destroyallcubes]

nope. Any outbound calls gets a no mobile service error

hmm interesting. Not sure why it is doing so

[TheForce627]

hmm interesting. Not sure why it is doing so

ill test it out some more at tomorrow. It'll stay in CDMA auto until I get to work since my home tower is the only one in my area affected my the ecsfb issue.

[Destroyallcubes]

ill test it out some more at tomorrow. It'll stay in CDMA auto until I get to work since my home tower is the only one in my area affected my the ecsfb issue.

If you pass by any b41 sites, try and see if it connects to it as well, if you can.

[TheForce627]

If you pass by any b41 sites, try and see if it connects to it as well, if you can.

will do