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Random Reboots...

Hey everyone, I looked around and didn't find anyone having my particular problem, but If I put this in the wrong place, or someone has already solved it, just let me know. Don't want to waste your time!
I got my DINC the day they came out in stores...the first one my local store sold in fact. It was working great, but I hated the bloatware and the fact that the Bluetooth stack was not up to date...couldn't connect with a new hands free speaker phone I just bought (Parrot mini-kit slim). I had occasional random reboots, but not too many. Once or twice a week maybe.
So when the unrevoked one-click came out I tried it. Worked great.
Then I started trying ROMs. With everything I've tried I get random reboots...a lot of them. Sometimes it reboots once and works fine for a couple hours. Other times, it will loop until I do a battery pull. When it loops it will sometimes make it all the way to the lock screen, sometimes it will only make it to the boot animation, and sometimes it won't get past the white HTC screen.
I've used a couple different nightly builds of CM6, with and without google apps. I've used Skyraider 1.8 and 1.9 with and without sense. I've tried "touch of photons". Same results and activity on all of them.
Last night I gave up and downgraded to unrooted 2.1 with sense...factory fresh. I reformatted my SD card with the phone, reformatted the phone storage, and I've done factory resets. It still isn't working right.
At this point, I'd be happy to get it back to pre-Unrevoked and just wait for the official OTA Froyo which is supposed to come out soon. Rooting and using a stable rom is fine with me too. I just need a phone that works consistently.
Any ideas? I'm pretty desperate.

sounds like you needed to return it and get a new one since it was doing random reboots from the day you bought it.
have you used any of the hydra kernels to try and OC it, the 1.15 OC would cause mine to reboot. a good stable rom that i tried was JagerRom, 1.7.4 is without sense, and chocolate is with sense. don't try the OTA one because that is for people who updated to the OTA leak and im going to assume you aren't one of thoes people. haha
http://incredibleroms.com/roms/jager/
hope this helps

Thanks Stroupified...
The weird thing is that the reboot issue wasn't that big of a deal before I rooted and started flashing roms. It happened, but not enough to be a problem.
Does the camera and camcorder work on Jager?
Does anyone know if there is something that could have gotten messed up with unrevoked or the roms I tried?
Is there another downgrade method I can use? I just installed the PB31IMG.zip you can find in a few places out there...is there a known reliable source for the downgrade zip?
If I can avoid fighting with Verizon on this I'd like to. I'm obviously outside my 30 days, and I don't want to wait a week or 2 or three or more for a new incredible (if I can convince them to get me one). I'm not even sure warranty or Asurion will do anything with this kind of a problem either...I fear I'm stuck with a $500 reboot roulette machine.

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i have gone through 4 incredibles.
they all exhibited the same rebooting issues... completely stock with NO installed apps.
I have also tested the phones with 2 different batteries and with different sd cards and no sd cards installed.
I had done factory resets.
I get a ****ty cell connection where i live, -100 to -96 db.
Its looking more like a tower issue..

I also have had a reboot issue. I rooted the phone the day I got it and installed a senseless rom. It worked perfect the 1st day then started into a downward spiral of reboots till it went into a full boot loop. I did a nandroid back up of the original rom. No real issues since. Im still rooted and have only had one random reboot in about a week that I know of. I know the first issue was because of the rom but what causes the random reboots. Is it aloss of signal? Im a noob so Im just trying to get some insight.

Im on #2
I got my 2nd Incredible on Friday. Prior one would just get hotter and hotter (possibly due to signal issues) until it would enter a reboot loop. Hoping # 2 fares better.

johnsquared said:
Thanks Stroupified...
The weird thing is that the reboot issue wasn't that big of a deal before I rooted and started flashing roms. It happened, but not enough to be a problem.
Does the camera and camcorder work on Jager?
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ya everything works in jager. but from what everyone else is saying it seems like it could be the signal (or lack there of) that's causing the reboots. have you tried the hybrid prl? it uses the verizon and altell towers instead of just the verizon ones. i haven't tried it because im in cali and there aren't any altell towers near me, but if your stuck with the phone you might as well give it a shot if you live in the supported areas. good luck man.
Link to PRL thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723829

If you don't have problems with signal don't bother with the hybrid prl... it kills your data speeds because it switches you from Verizon data network to Sprints data in most areas. I know in the Carolinas phones randomly reboot a lot because thats Alltel country and phones don't work properly without the hybrid. But down south its mostly Verizon. Out west Texas/Ok is mostly Alltel.
But man honestly - I have the same issue on custom roms. My stock Sense rom does fine though. Sometimes I'll be on a custom rom typing a text and the keyboard just freezes and its over. lol nandroid time to me - I can't take the reboots but hate not having the features of newer software.

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i have tried the hybrid prl and it did not help my rebooting issues.
i have also tried switching to the the cdma codec to -b the higher quality compression... with no luck in fixing the reboots.
I have also made sure there was not an issue with an app causing it, i have tested mine with a clean / factory reset with absolutely no apps installed.
I have had 100% good luck with the leaked ota update, the one upped the camera to 720p recording as well as a hand full of other fixes, and not once did my incredible reboot or crash.
I'm pretty confident that htc has fixed this issue for me, once they drop the 2.2 update that everybody seems to be speculating will be released in a handful of weeks.

Thanks for the input everyone, and I'm sorry others are having the same problem.
I went by my local Verizon store (actual Verizon store, not a 3rd part dealer) and told them my phone was rebooting repeatedly. They didn't even touch my phone...I was out of there in 5 minutes with a FedEx 2nd Day Air confirmation number for a new handset. And my wallet is intact also. I'm rarely impressed by Verizon's customer service, but this time...man... Between the new handset and the impending 2.2 update, I hope to be in good shape.

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johnsquared said:
Thanks for the input everyone, and I'm sorry others are having the same problem.
I went by my local Verizon store (actual Verizon store, not a 3rd part dealer) and told them my phone was rebooting repeatedly. They didn't even touch my phone...I was out of there in 5 minutes with a FedEx 2nd Day Air confirmation number for a new handset. And my wallet is intact also. I'm rarely impressed by Verizon's customer service, but this time...man... Between the new handset and the impending 2.2 update, I hope to be in good shape.
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Same EXACT thing happened with me and telesales. No scripts, no hard reset, no task killer; NOTHING. Said "my phone gets hot and reboots" and they said (last Thurs), let's get you a replacement overnight so you can try the new one out of the weekend. No muss, no fuss. Got here 10:30AM the next day, and my evil super-heating 4-to-13-reboot-try prone phone is going back.

sprintrjm said:
i have gone through 4 incredibles.
they all exhibited the same rebooting issues... completely stock with NO installed apps.
I have also tested the phones with 2 different batteries and with different sd cards and no sd cards installed.
I had done factory resets.
I get a ****ty cell connection where i live, -100 to -96 db.
Its looking more like a tower issue..
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I don't believe towers/signal would have any effect on shutting down or booting. Basically once you're on a current PRL, you really shouldn't even have to update it. Unless you're having that poor service deal where an Alltell/Vzw hybrid would benefit you.

[Q] NO data for root users??

ok maybe im on the wrong thread but idk. I had the CM6.1.1 and was working fine for awhile then suddenly im losing FULL data on and off. i'd have to switch it to 2G and back off to get the H of 4G and it'll only work for a few hours then i'd have to repeat it again. so I unrooted and sent it for a replacement thinking it was the G2 but now im having the same problem on CM7 2 weeks after replacing the G2. WTH?!?! is a new way of google shut us root users down?? i tried eveyrhing. wipe, reinstall nothing.. no luck

Hmm not positive but sounds like something on your end. If tmobile was actually implementing something like this we would all know about it and/or the forums would be blowing up. Not sure what advice to give you on what to fix it though.
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yea man idk wtf it is! i had this prob before and got the G2 replaced now its having the same prob again. its not apps im DLing i did everything i could think of. right now its restoring to stock rom so im gonna see how that goes... I rooted my GF g2 with sense and it works fine no issues and she ran it for months now..probably it something on my end since im the only one having this issue. but i didnt do anything besides root, DL rom.. thats it. i cant see how a few weeks later im losing data outta nowhere. i dont experiment with nighties or radios i just stick to one rom. hmm.. looks like im gonna have to toy with it for a while to ge it right again...

wrong forum buddy. should be posted in Q&A

i knew that was coming..

demo4o1 said:
i knew that was coming..
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if you knew there is no excuse

FWIW, i've had a ton of problems with the data connection over the past few days. sometimes (like now) i get data speed upwards of 4,200kbps with a lowww 67MS ping.
but for the most part data has been either non existant. issues started when i flashed CM7.0, went back to RC2 and things seem to be working much better.
had a bunch of other problems with CM7 tho, so i might have borked the install.

crazy talk said:
FWIW, i've had a ton of problems with the data connection over the past few days. sometimes (like now) i get data speed upwards of 4,200kbps with a lowww 67MS ping.
but for the most part data has been either non existant. issues started when i flashed CM7.0, went back to RC2 and things seem to be working much better.
had a bunch of other problems with CM7 tho, so i might have borked the install.
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i flashed back to RC2, 6.1.1 too and still the same issue even flashed to stock rom. idk im about OCEAN my G2 in a minute

Your phone hates you and wants you to suffer for committing the crime of posting a "Q&A" topic in the "Development" section.

It doesn't sound like anything on your end. There are two things your gonna want to do here. The first is check you sim card, where the gold part is. Look to see if there is something near the gold piece that looks like TM*****. If not then replace your sim card. If you do have that then call tech support and have them file a Service Request if this is something that only happens in around a 7 mile are, if it happens everywhere you are then your gonna have to have a trouble ticket filled for your line.

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It doesn't sound like anything on your end. There are two things your gonna want to do here. The first is check you sim card, where the gold part is. Look to see if there is something near the gold piece that looks like TM*****. If not then replace your sim card. If you do have that then call tech support and have them file a Service Request if this is something that only happens in around a 7 mile are, if it happens everywhere you are then your gonna have to have a trouble ticket filled for your line.
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i already did all this when i had this prob on the 1st G2. so what im trying now is erasing everything, flash rom see if that works if it doesnt im gonna unroot, REroot flash rom. it doesnt work im sending this in for a replacement too (for the second time)

I am not on Tmobile, but I had a similiar problem... It turned out to be from using superbattery app... It actualy modifies the radio/ril some how.. and flashing a new rom/restoring stock, nothing worked, untill I flashed my same radio again.... Then it was fixed..... It is worth a try.
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wth.. i unrooted, flashed stock OS, re rooted, flashed RC2, was fine for an hour then again.. NO DATA! WTF!?!?! i guess i gotta mess wit he radios? i dont even know how to do that never went that far.

[Q] "Phantom" Soft Keys

I've been having an issue with my softkeys (settings, home, etc...). They will randomly press opening settings, going back and opening the recent apps. Usually it does a combination of all of them and the only way to fix it is to turn off the screen and turn it back on.
I first thought this was a rom problem and switched to a new one. This didn't help so I believe it has to do with hardware. I looked up online and people say that it is a screen or battery problem. So I flashed to stock ICS and brought it into sprint, the guy was nice and stuff but he said he couldn't do anything unless we could make it happen. It wouldn't do it, so he couldn't do anything about it.
I'm wondering if it actually is a software issue or something that I'd be able to fix myself. Has anyone had any problems like this? It's not too often but often enough to be annoying. Any help would be nice.
Thanks in advance

I've heard pepper have issues with soft keys in low signal areas but never heard of that issue.. When you left the store did you have the problem on stock ics still
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss

Well, I flashed back to Paranoid when I got back home and so far I've had no problems. I haven't been using my phone though, I'll have to see how this goes.

MiguelHogue said:
I've heard pepper have issues with soft keys in low signal areas but never heard of that issue.. When you left the store did you have the problem on stock ics still
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
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I have the issue of menus open and close in all apps and from home screen in low to no signal areas. Some times making the phone unusable. If I turn mobile data off seems to cure the random menu opening issue... Becomes 1/2 a phone... No data and 10 a month for... What oh ya high speeds data... Used to get 10 Meg download on 4G until a couple months ago.. Now only getting 700K, I think the Sprint tower near my house was stolen lol is that a word? FI27 is out, might help. My phone has been flagged for liquid damage so hard to find out if it's a hardware problem causing the menu issues. My upgrade isn't until May so I will make the most till then. NOTE 2? Little Rant in your thread OP... Sorry
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I don't mind the rant
I think it may have something to do with signal however. I was at work today and I got a bunch of random presses again. There was a good sized storm and I only had a bar or two. I'm also still wondering if it is software but I cant even stand to use stock ICS to see if it happens, if I couldn't use custom roms I don't think I would even own an android phone.

I was at the gym last night... 1 to no bars, menus and soft keys started poping like crazy... Turned off mobile networks.. 3G data and not one more Phantom menu press... If I wasn't so lazy I would use a custom prl and roam control... Bet that would cure my low signal areas. I will test that theory soon.
I had same menu action when I Odin stock el29 GB, with all modems I flashed
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Xynche said:
I don't mind the rant
I think it may have something to do with signal however. I was at work today and I got a bunch of random presses again. There was a good sized storm and I only had a bar or two. I'm also still wondering if it is software but I cant even stand to use stock ICS to see if it happens, if I couldn't use custom roms I don't think I would even own an android phone.
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I have use menu other Android devices my first phone was a Samsung moment, i rooted all my phones and i 've never had this problem, i even called Samsung and they say its sprints network not software or hardware, so i will take my phone to another store to see if i have better luck

I was experiencing the same problem on Gamer Mod. Even reflashed after fully wiping everything and still had it happening... was using apex launcher...but never happened to me before. Anyway wiped again and flashed back to blue kuban and its gone.
Shame because I really liked gamer mod.
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I don't see how a network can cause an issue like this though.
Also, I've tried wiping and flashing multiple roms on everything from GB to JB and still the same thing.

It is a low signal issue. The end. Only solution.. Get it replaced. My co worker had it. So I had first hand experience with it.
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When I brought it in he said he can only do something if we could duplicate the problem. Should I call Sprints call center and see what they can do? Would they already know about the problem or are they going to pretend like they've never had an issue like it. Do I have to flash back to stock ICS or do they not care? Sorry about the questions, I'm just pretty new to having my own phone plan and my own problems and don't really know how to deal with them yet.

Xynche said:
When I brought it in he said he can only do something if we could duplicate the problem. Should I call Sprints call center and see what they can do? Would they already know about the problem or are they going to pretend like they've never had an issue like it. Do I have to flash back to stock ICS or do they not care? Sorry about the questions, I'm just pretty new to having my own phone plan and my own problems and don't really know how to deal with them yet.
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You have to unroot the phone or they will say the rooting its causing this problem or even worse they will say it's big no no to root phones and they will invalidated your warranty, show them this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKG-iq4XezU so they get an idea what the problem is

That is really odd, hadn't heard of that before. I instantly thought hardware, but it sounds like it has been proven otherwise. Is your device under warranty? If so, could be worth the hassle of a replacement, otherwise sprint call center is pretty worthless in general. They will give you pre made responses and tell you they were not aware of any such issue unless you get someone who actually gives any kind of a crap haha. Good luck! Be sure to post any updates!

Xynche said:
When I brought it in he said he can only do something if we could duplicate the problem. Should I call Sprints call center and see what they can do? Would they already know about the problem or are they going to pretend like they've never had an issue like it. Do I have to flash back to stock ICS or do they not care? Sorry about the questions, I'm just pretty new to having my own phone plan and my own problems and don't really know how to deal with them yet.
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The only way to duplicate the problem everytime on my phone is to go to a low signal area. Ask the Sprint tech to go with you maybe buy them a cup of coffee and a donut.
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Xynche said:
I've been having an issue with my softkeys (settings, home, etc...). They will randomly press opening settings, going back and opening the recent apps. Usually it does a combination of all of them and the only way to fix it is to turn off the screen and turn it back on.
I first thought this was a rom problem and switched to a new one. This didn't help so I believe it has to do with hardware. I looked up online and people say that it is a screen or battery problem. So I flashed to stock ICS and brought it into sprint, the guy was nice and stuff but he said he couldn't do anything unless we could make it happen. It wouldn't do it, so he couldn't do anything about it.
I'm wondering if it actually is a software issue or something that I'd be able to fix myself. Has anyone had any problems like this? It's not too often but often enough to be annoying. Any help would be nice.
Thanks in advance
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877155&highlight=ghost

Ok, before I call in I have one last question. Will they send me a loaner phone? I need my phone for work and what not so if I cant get something temporary then I'm not even going to be able to send it in.

Not sure if this will answer your question but a co-worker recently had to take his OG EVO in for service. They gave him a loaner phone, an EVO 3D.
My wife's E4GT had the same phantom soft key issue. It was recently replaced due to another unrelated issue and so far, no issues.
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Very last question, I promise. Should I call Sprint or call Samsung directly? I'm most likely going to try and get it replaced this weekend. Hoping that everything goes well.

Short of a sledge hammer or selling the phone is there any remedy?

Phantom keys were crazy on my phone yesterday. I hadn't seen the problem very much in a week or so. I have no idea what was going on, but cleared dalvik cache and that seemed to help. No problems with it today. I wish I could figure out a correlation besides poor signal.

Going to sprint repair center do i need to go stock/unrooted

I got an appt with sprint tech support or repair center whatever its called . I got to walk into one those stores in my area today in about 4 hours . Ive called sprint to many times about getting to many phantom voicemails, calls not going through, my phone not ringing when someone else calls me etc.. so they said to take it in . Im currently running Calks 3.0 GB rom EL29 and when you turn on the phone i have the yellow triangle show up..
Do i need to revert back to completely stock ?
or can i just take in like that and will they service it that way?
TIA to anyone that responds back with help....
MODS i know this has been asked before but i searched and didnt find the answer ..

Yes flash any stock rom before going.
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do i have to unroot as well?
also whats the best way to back up sms, mms ive tried TB but didnt work for some reason gonna give another try but wondering if there might be something else?
EDIT: so i odin'ed stock rooted EL29 rom that i had on my pc .. will that work or should i also unroot?
dont want to drive all the way to the sprint store for them to tell "OH your device is rooted and we wont work on a device that is rooted". or tell me oh the reason your device is not working could be cause its rooted....
EDIT 2 : installed stock rooted EL 29 and when phone booted it notified me of the update available "ICS" gonna actually let it install since i know stock ICS sucks. .

Ma$etas said:
do i have to unroot as well?
also whats the best way to back up sms, mms ive tried TB but didnt work for some reason gonna give another try but wondering if there might be something else?
EDIT: so i odin'ed stock rooted EL29 rom that i had on my pc .. will that work or should i also unroot?
dont want to drive all the way to the sprint store for them to tell "OH your device is rooted and we wont work on a device that is rooted". or tell me oh the reason your device is not working could be cause its rooted....
EDIT 2 : installed stock rooted EL 29 and when phone booted it notified me of the update available "ICS" gonna actually let it install since i know stock ICS sucks. .
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Just go with fi27 unrooted. Shoul have no issues.
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garwynn said:
Just go with fi27 unrooted. Shoul have no issues.
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Well i had odined back to stock rooted EL29 and then after reboot a minute later i got the notification to update so i did then that happen about 3 times till finally got to Fi27 and i dont have root...
I went into the Sprint repair center so they could look at it . THE Rep asked me "so whats wrong with your phone?" so i start telling her that i my phone wont ring some times and that some times it will ring till the callers phone has rang about 4 times and then she says" Oh thats normal the phone is set up that way its set up to have that delay" i was like WROOOOONNGGG no way any phone is set up to have a delay .. well we went back and forth and they didnt even touch my phone i could have been on any custom rom and they wouldnt have cared . she just put some notes in my acct for the next rep to help me....
I also to prove to her the problem grabbed one of the phones on display that is active it was a EVO 4g LTE and called my phone from it and my phone didnt ring till the 4th ring hanged up and then called the EVO phone back and the evo rang on first ring.. All she said was oh its our network theres a tower down went back and forth and figured she dont know what she's talking about....
Then called sprint and the rep did a RTN or something like that which included a full wipe and restore of factory settings and now during the day i have to see if it works or not.

Ma$etas said:
Well i had odined back to stock rooted EL29 and then after reboot a minute later i got the notification to update so i did then that happen about 3 times till finally got to Fi27 and i dont have root...
I went into the Sprint repair center so they could look at it . THE Rep asked me "so whats wrong with your phone?" so i start telling her that i my phone wont ring some times and that some times it will ring till the callers phone has rang about 4 times and then she says" Oh thats normal the phone is set up that way its set up to have that delay" i was like WROOOOONNGGG no way any phone is set up to have a delay .. well we went back and forth and they didnt even touch my phone i could have been on any custom rom and they wouldnt have cared . she just put some notes in my acct for the next rep to help me....
I also to prove to her the problem grabbed one of the phones on display that is active it was a EVO 4g LTE and called my phone from it and my phone didnt ring till the 4th ring hanged up and then called the EVO phone back and the evo rang on first ring.. All she said was oh its our network theres a tower down went back and forth and figured she dont know what she's talking about....
Then called sprint and the rep did a RTN or something like that which included a full wipe and restore of factory settings and now during the day i have to see if it works or not.
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We had this happen to us during NV updates in the area. Not sure if that was it or another issue so I'll throw this out as well: Did you upgrade from an older phone and keep the phone? If so, make sure it's turned off. If it's still happening you'll probably want to see if they're doing NV upgrades in the area as we had all sorts of funky stuff happening. (Towers reporting wrong times, etc.)

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We had this happen to us during NV updates in the area. Not sure if that was it or another issue so I'll throw this out as well: Did you upgrade from an older phone and keep the phone? If so, make sure it's turned off. If it's still happening you'll probably want to see if they're doing NV upgrades in the area as we had all sorts of funky stuff happening. (Towers reporting wrong times, etc.)
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This is the phone i started sprint service with.. I have had this issue since i got the phone....Now that my contract with sprint is over and finally fed up with this issue and have the time to deal with it im trying to get this fixed by sprint....
Also i have three Business lines and on one (after that person lost, then broker the 2nd phone both Epic 4g ) i have a htc touch pro 2 . we were in a bad reception area and that phone was able to stream a movie on youtube and this phone couldnt even stream pandora .....

Ma$etas said:
This is the phone i started sprint service with.. I have had this issue since i got the phone....Now that my contract with sprint is over and finally fed up with this issue and have the time to deal with it im trying to get this fixed by sprint....
Also i have three Business lines and on one (after that person lost, then broker the 2nd phone both Epic 4g ) i have a htc touch pro 2 . we were in a bad reception area and that phone was able to stream a movie on youtube and this phone couldnt even stream pandora .....
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Unfortunately the antenna for this phone seems to be a big sticking point for a lot of folks. Now that NV is almost done around here I am doing better; the recent modem updates helped as well. But there are still some problems.... like a certain location I know I have to get off the phone because the tower handoff fails every time.

the radio on this phone sucks thats why im undecided on what phone to upgrade too.. I need to change phone cause of this problem but what phone should i get is the problem
SGS3 almost the same as this phone yeah i know it has some new features but i feel like since its a samsung it most likely will have the same issue : weak radio...
HTC EVO 4g LTE very low on memory . many complain about it having issues connecting to LTE (where LTE is available) but HTC does make good Radio's ..
Galaxy note 2 has many new features it is big in size but ill get used to it and ill use a bluetooth so i wont look crazy holding up to my ear but since theres no LTE in my area i cant be able to talk and surf the web (the evo and sgs3 could) its still a samsung and samsung makes weak radios ....

Ma$etas said:
the radio on this phone sucks thats why im undecided on what phone to upgrade too.. I need to change phone cause of this problem but what phone should i get is the problem
SGS3 almost the same as this phone yeah i know it has some new features but i feel like since its a samsung it most likely will have the same issue : weak radio...
HTC EVO 4g LTE very low on memory . many complain about it having issues connecting to LTE (where LTE is available) but HTC does make good Radio's ..
Galaxy note 2 has many new features it is big in size but ill get used to it and ill use a bluetooth so i wont look crazy holding up to my ear but since theres no LTE in my area i cant be able to talk and surf the web (the evo and sgs3 could) its still a samsung and samsung makes weak radios ....
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If you can convince them - honestly, whittle it down to 3-4 and then take them out to your regular work sites and test them.
Then based on how they perform where you need it to you can make a call.
Not sure how it works with Sprint but would think they should allow this kind of testing before you purchase - or upgrade in your case. (MVNO we use does this...)

what i know of sprint is they let you use the device for 14 days and you have to decide if you want it or not....
also i was thinking of trying tmobile out cause im tired of sprints slow 3g data.. I dont have Sprints 4g service everywhere i go... just want to see if anyone who lives in the inland empire California can tell me there experience with it...

[Q] Serious Data Issues

Not sure what caused this or what exactly the problem is so I'll try to include everything about the issue and everything I've tried to correct it. Anyone who can help you will hereby earn my undying gratitude, rights to my soul (may not be much of it left but whatever hasn't been sold or lost, all yours ), and as if that wasn't enough, a modest Christmas (or belated Christmas) donation if anyone can actually abolish the issue. That being said here's what's up:
All started a few weeks ago, like I said not sure what caused the issue so I'll just list everything I did. I flashed a bunch of ROMs, Frosty, Jedi Invasion, Free GS3, and probably a couple more I can't remember. I also was trying to see if maybe I could get better reception at work and better data speeds overall. So I downloaded a bunch of modems from DocHoliday's T999 Modem thread and flashed a few, settled on UVDLJA as it gave me the best service. I also downloaded his aroma modem flasher after that but then still ended up using the afore mentioned modem. I also used his build.prop tweaks. Here's what I changed:
HSXPA= 3
HSDPA= 6
HSUPA= 24
GPRSCLASS= 12
After the modem switch and the tweaks I was getting unbelievable speeds (for me at least). I went from like 7.5mbps download and 1.2mbps upload to 24mbps upload and 2mbps upload. Now flash forward to tomorrow and I flash back an forth between I think Free GS3 and Frosty (applying the build.prop edits every time I switch) and maybe something else and then later on I realize that my data is acting strange. It seems to not kick on. I have to hit stop and refresh a few times and then it clicks on and loads fine. I try to speed test same thing. I try to play a YouTube video, it only plays for like 30 seconds, stalls, goes, stalls, then doesn't start back up. However, I tried to download a new ROM and it dls at like 1mb/s the whole time after taking around a minute to start. The problems gets to where every other time I use my data this occurs. So, I switch ROMs multiple times, no build.prop edits done, same thing. The Jedi Invasion ROM worked better than the rest, for some reason unknown to me, but the issue still occurs. I re flashed all kinds of modems, no solution. Tried the Paranoid Android ROM cuz I wanted to try it. Data hardly ever worked on that. Would get stuck on 3g and didn't like to change to H+. Worked sometimes, but more often, not. Flashed to Wicked v3 and it worked pretty good, but after the v5 update its almost as bad as Paranoid Android. I even tried wiping my data, stupidly I did this before restoring my original nandroid backup, and even noobier erased all my nandroida when formatting data thus loosing it. So basically that's it.
Not familiar with apn's, vpn's, or for that matter much of anything complex either. Like I said though ANY help would be incredibly appreciated. I tried posting in DocHoliday's post but got no response. Also mentioned it in the Paranoid Android thread since that ROM was insanely hazardous to my data. Also mentioned it in the Wicked thread after the v5 update crippled me. Hoping for my Christmas miracle here. Thanks in advance to anyone who replies and Merry Christmas to all!

I want to be your hero lol
Add the following to APN:
Proxy: 216.155.165.050
Port: 8080
Good luck.
Bah! Humbug!

I'm experiencing something similar however am on Cm10. My data will act very funny like yours and times out and stalls etc... But only after I toggle data. If I reboot and leave data on and alone it works but then after it acts EXACTLY like what your describing.
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VibrantThemer said:
I want to be your hero lol
Add the following to APN:
Proxy: 216.155.165.050
Port: 8080
Good luck.
Bah! Humbug!
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Enrique Iglesias is that you? Haven't had much time to test but I applied the settings you listed and rebooted. So far my browser seems to be working much better but I've only been able to use it for like 5 min. Hopeful though. Although YouTube won't work period now. I pull up the app and just get a load screen... Weird, it just almost seems like it doesn't register that it's supposed to be sending and receiving data for some reason. But w/e if that's all that doesn't work I can live with it (I only really use it to keep my little ones entertained in times of need or for a quick classical music fix for 'Em, but I can just dl that stuff and put it on my ext sd). I got my fingers crossed! Once the twins get put to bed I'll test it out more. I thanks!

ÜBER™ said:
I'm experiencing something similar however am on Cm10. My data will act very funny like yours and times out and stalls etc... But only after I toggle data. If I reboot and leave data on and alone it works but then after it acts EXACTLY like what your describing.
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Yeah, saw your post about it when I was searching the threads, but yeah with Paranoid Android it was downright awful. Didn't even get to stay on it long enough to play around with all the goodies on it . Had a problem with CM with my SG2 where it would occasionally hang like it does now but mostly it "worked" but I only averaged like 3mbps dl, phew. Wish that data toggle deal would be the case for me. Mine just does it regardless though. Hoping Enrique's solution continues to work though...fingers still crossed.

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ÜBER™ said:
I'm experiencing something similar however am on Cm10. My data will act very funny like yours and times out and stalls etc... But only after I toggle data. If I reboot and leave data on and alone it works but then after it acts EXACTLY like what your describing.
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Okay, so I was cruising the Wicked thread from the last couple days and found this from garyx24:
WDCDMA will always give you a 4G data signal unless you're in a place absolutely with no data signal at all. Auto will downgrade your 4G signal to 2G in places of low data coverage so you can save battery. So if you want your 4G to be up even in places where Tmobile gets low signal have it on WDCDMA but if you don't care that you will be downgraded to 2G in low signal spots keep it at auto.
So far using this I've been able to surf my browser np and even use YouTube, although for some reason, only shorter videos, clicked on an hour long Beethoven Symphony and the "More from Beethoven" videos comes up but the video just sits there. Maybe if I waited more than like 30 seconds it would have come up, but who the hell's got that kinda time, right? Think you'd be able to try it and let me know if it work for you. I would like to try out some CM based ROMs and of this works then I'd finally be able to. Again though, only been testing this for like 5 minutes. I did have to erase the proxy and port settings because YouTube still wouldn't load after changing to WDCDMA. Not sure how much battery it'll use either but I've got the 4200 Hyperion so it shouldn't really be an issue, for me at least. Although with the new Wicked v5 its killing that baby in like 12 hours so I may be forced to switch ROMs any way. Gotta try to earn how to diagnose my battery issues now (god I love this site. Unlimited knowledge at the click of a mouse). Was actually trying to do that but the data issue got so bad I had to try to get it situated first and foremost. When you've gotta reload pages over and over digging through threads is just about unbearable. Sorry, way off topic... Anyways, definitely lemme know how it goes it you try this. Thanks.

I'll give his APN a try.. Very very new to gsm like yesterday new...
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Well I'll be damned!!!! Worked like no other. Toggled data.. turned it back on went into speed test and instant test available. Typically it would stall and timeout.
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ÜBER™ said:
I'll give his APN a try.. Very very new to gsm like yesterday new...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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Well I'll be damned!!!! Worked like no other. Toggled data.. turned it back on went into speed test and instant test available. Typically it would stall and timeout.
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Sweet! Christmas miracles for everyone! And when you say new as in like yesterday, and your in the T999 threads, does that mean you just got a T999? Cuz that would be another Christmas miracle. I've seen your work before and it's definitely The s**t. imho we've got the best S3 ROMs (at least US variants) and it would rock if we got a top tier themer to add to our amazing devs. .

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Sweet! Christmas miracles for everyone! And when you say new as in like yesterday, and your in the T999 threads, does that mean you just got a T999? Cuz that would be another Christmas miracle. I've seen your work before and it's definitely The s**t. imho we've got the best S3 ROMs (at least US variants) and it would rock if we got a top tier themer to add to our amazing devs. .
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Ha yes its actually my mothers phone. But I have it setup the way I would if it were mine. I'll mostly be in the N4 forums after I get it.
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Ha yes its actually my mothers phone. But I have it setup the way I would if it were mine. I'll mostly be in the N4 forums after I get it.
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Damn, should kept that fix to myself then, lol

VibrantThemer said:
I want to be your hero lol
Add the following to APN:
Proxy: 216.155.165.050
Port: 8080
Good luck.
Bah! Humbug!
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NO DICE! So the WDCDMA bombed out shortly after I posted. Reverted to your suggestion and it was going fine and then, bam! Went to come check the thread and it took a solid 45 seconds just to load this page. God Damn. I almost wanna just sell this one off and go buy another from like cl or something. Although this annoying little thing keeps telling me that would just be a big bunch of d****bagger so I don't (guess that's like my conscience of something right, what a pain in the A). I mlost thought you struck gold right off the bat. Seems like it worked for uber though. Glad someone got something resolved, lol. Any more ideas, anyone?

What modem are you on...update to newest one. Also I live in Chicago as well and even though they announced us as reformed 4g it is still in process . if you are in a area where they are doing tower work you will notice horrible data but once its finished you will be happy. I suggest you travel around and see if it happens in all areas. It was like that by my work in glenviw for a little while now I get 24-26 download at work so be patient it will get better.

I am using UVDLJA but I've tried them all. Hopefully your right, I live in the western burbs but work right by Midway, and don't really hardly ever get a chance to use my phone during work, as I get absolutely no signal inside (although every other service provider does, but that's a whole nother story). So I'll make an effort to try it around there when I get back. I find it hard to believe though that everyone with Tmobile in my area is having this issue. And it's not just like I'm getting slow data, it just flat out is cutting on and off. Although I'm not gonna rule out any possibilities. I'll swing by Tmobile later this week and see if by chance anyone in the store has any idea what's going on in their company (doubtful I know, but like I said, not ruling anything out). Just downgraded to an older version of wicked. Having slow data but seems a little more stable, so far at least...

What if I Odin back to stock... Anyone think that has a chance a working. Also I've thought back some and I'm thinking that the lidroid 23 toggle mod may have something to do with this. That was really the only addition to evilart1's new version of Wicked and just thinking back seems like most of the ROMs I have been using since this issue started have used it as well. Back on the previous, Wicked version, with only a 15 toggle mod and it occasionally takes a while to load, but for the vast majority of the time it works like a charm. Anyone think that could possibly have something to do with it for some reason?

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